CHS South
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Manchester City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
CHS South is a secondary school in Manchester for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 January 2023. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
CHS South catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 22 of the 29 other Manchester secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 121 first-choice applications for 222 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 101 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, 108 of the 727 applications (15%) came from families living outside Manchester, and 44 offers went to them.
- 2024/25: 44% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Manchester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Manchester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 451 Mauldeth Road West, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 7SX
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,177 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 January 2023
Strengths
- “CHS South is a welcoming and supportive community.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “Pupils understand the school values of ‘ready, respectful, safe’, and they try hard to follow them in all that they do.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the curriculum is not as well developed as it could be.”
- “This means that pupils are not learning as widely as they could.”
- “In some subjects, pupils are not given the opportunity to regularly revisit the knowledge learned in the past.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 February 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.3 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 121 first-preference applications, 222 offers in total, 121 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Manchester.
- Chorlton High School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Loreto High School Chorlton 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Didsbury High School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Whalley Range 11-18 High School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manchester Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Trinity CofE High School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Barlow RC High School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnage Academy for Boys 2.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published